Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-21
HERR PAULUS,
HIS RISE, HIS GREATNESS AND HIS
FALL.
BY Walter Besant, Author of "All Sorts
and Conditions of Men, etc, etc.
The Right of Translation is Reserved.)
PROLOGUE |.

Zinbiop and Rotbiob which soon, sor,obo,y
To resemble the or; ,irol names II yos n
snacious Garden thonob NOT 90 enocious
nor ca yell furnisbod ne tho Garden Of
Eden. which talo II covered many ocros
and had gnsb;nc fountains of clo,r water.
bup,minfT bi,ds ,,i+l, lo,.o birds and ,vodo-
vote. laSo,,4iri lan,,,1os, o,.;,,,, ,,a,,ons of
oil colo,s. ta,,,, Ioo,a,.1s tiors bvnnoe
and nr,,,os whose n,,os eomed with love
and praise instead If crueltv and HUNGER.
e,old and silver 6sb brirbt- colorod and viyac-
ions sea snakes and mbberlv GOOD noturcd
sborte for tbo cbildron to swim, with. TO-
pether with other doliphtfu1 tbinos which
to nc would lao moro delichtrul hocouse they
would bo AZ fret ca vo,v errn,,ieing If was
bouov,,r a ho,utiruI r,,dar With some
oqa nc +bnv cav of mort If If had been an
English Garden if world have been very old
indeed and ,vould bove had all ro,ud IT, a
lovely rod bricl, wall covered with lcbnn-
valloyv and white and red-,vith wall eo,v-
grs and grasses GROWING tall and thick ON
tbe hrood ton of if RS+ il was in America
whore 7 haliavo +baro .,o mo Gardens at ali
more than two hundred vears old and few
which have seen 50 many ms three genera
tions of ENGLISH sneoL;inG mon and women
IT. contained q flower carbon ~ Kitchen gar
den. and an orchard ali in ono The orchard
contained chiefly onnle trees and the apples
,.,ro now roo,Iy rino for ali DIV lone +bev
had been industronlv tu,ning their rod and
streallv sides to fine hot SIM of carly Sen
tember GETTING every hour ruddier and
streal,ier ms cool an,,Ins sbould One of
the Young persons was sitting on a low
stool. and the other was leaning AGAINST the
trunk of an old tree. This is n detail of
some importance bcca11se if shows that they
were not in England. where. at sunset of n
dav in early autumn vo,1nn neople are long
inc to RIM about nlov lawn tennis 90 for
walks and do vioorous THINGS In America
where the heat is fierce. they are naturally
less active This is one reason why so many
Young peoplc asl, permission TO he born in
ENGLAND. The house which belonpcd TO the
garden stood hehnid if well huilt and uclv.
if was the house Of Nh. Ruvsdael lawyer
and prominent citizen of tbe town which
was n small town NOT many hundred miles
from Boston
I, The pirl-Bctbiah Ruvsdael-had n box
of colors and n sketching hlocl, living ON the
ground beside her She had been engaged
in making study of trees But now She
sat with hands closned LOOKING nm into thc
face of the younp man. Ihave elsawhere-I
believe more than once-preacbed the doc
trine thot the very host kind of woman is the
II
the wono NV woman the woman whom
other women love. of whom other women
do not sneak with bitterness or with INN
endo or with owes rlanciug at cach other
She may he beautiful lint women do NOT
greatly dwell unon her GOOD looks. she l,nav
he graceful and may nossess all fine accom-
plishments cleverncss dexterities and arts
which cultivated ladies desire TO acquire
but other women do not greatly talk of
these tbinos. they sneak of those oualities
which are NOT tauoht in tbo schools sucb as
her unselfshuess her Kindness her thourht
for others her svmnathy. and so forth
She never studies. ms some maidens Use. the
arts and mysteries nv which man NAV he
attracted and drawn to them ms NV n mac
NET. she does not in the least understand
the STRENGTH and vehemence Of the passion
of love in man. nor does She inouire Mt all
into the suhiect Bu+ she knows that some
women are weak. and that nrettv face
does not ALWAYS neon n perfectlv faultless
soul ,yhtatever men may foolish1v helnve.
and when she comes in her reodinp upou
the nrettv passionate exaooerations Of noets
dranotists and novnlists who love to rem
resent their bero's mistress ne n haau,ifuI
c,oddaee ful1 of oil narfactione hacouee ebo
is so beautiful she laws down tbe bool, and
takes up another mitchell i'm q lower and
more sensible key When she morries il
is with calmness: She oives AWAY her heart
without Illusions. she knows her own weak
nessos and ie NOT hind ia those of her bus-
hand and she thinks that life is at host
soberlv bonnv and that there will he no
moment in if which will call for the rapture
of overwheIming iov Vet She is said to
make her husband banpv all his life Very
often, however. this kind of woman never
marries at all.
Betbiah Ruvsclael was spcb n girl AS this
Her calm canahle face. hor claor f,rav
ewes her firm month. the clear strong cnryo
Of her cheel-aIl Insured confidence Fven
the business-like arrangement of her dark
brown hair belned to show that she was q
nerfectlv sensible and trustwortbv nerson.
not Eighty whimsical or humoursonie-th
history Of tho last century presents soma
trulv admirable studies Of the whimsical mr.
bumoursome woman but ot present She is
rorn-not enthusiastic emotional or bvs
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